7.1/1055 votes#1 - The Treasure of Zeus (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1998
Strife frames Iolaus for stealing money from Kora's in an attempt to get at Hercules and causes Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason to be at odds with each other.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
6.6/1040 votes#2 - Between Friends: The Treasure of Zeus (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1998
After Hercules stole Hera's chalice, he was freed from Zeus' protection which gives Ares the golden opportunity to kill his hated little brother. Ares uses Strife to lure Hercules to his mother Alcmene's house where he plans to finish him off for good.
Director: N/A
Writer: Hilary Bader
6.4/1037 votes#3 - What a Crockery: The Treasure of Zeus (3)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1998
Iolaus' old gang breaks into the Academy and holds Iolaus, Lilith, and Fiducius hostage. While Jason and the other cadets are outside trying to keep them from escaping, Hercules alone is inside trying to save the others--his key advantage being that they don't know he's there.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1036 votes#4 - Girl Trouble
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1998
Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason take a boat to Athens to find a new cook for the Academy, but they get more than they bargained for when they learn that the boat is transporting Amazons en route to a slave trader.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1036 votes#5 - Herc and Seek
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/1998
Iolaus' old gang breaks into the Academy and holds Iolaus, Lilith, and Fiducius hostage. While Jason and the other cadets are outside trying to keep them from escaping, Hercules alone is inside trying to save the others--his key advantage being that they don't know he's there.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
- 6.9/1035 votes
#6 - Teacher's Pests
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/1998
The boys are left to watch the Inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
- 6.5/1034 votes
#7 - Inn Trouble
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/24/1998
The boys are left to watch the Inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1036 votes
#8 - Keeping Up with the Jasons
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/1998
After Hercules is bested in a practice sword fight by Jason, he asks Hephaestus to build him some new weaponry. Hercules's new sword and shield, are made from a metal that no other metal can harm and this power brings Hercules a lot of trouble and threatens his friendships with Iolaus and Jason.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1034 votes
#9 - Amazon Grace
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/26/1998
Hephaestus, failing to gain the interest of the fairer sex builds a woman of his own, but his jealousy could endanger Hercules when the woman falls for him instead of the God of Steel.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1034 votes
#10 - Cyrano de Hercules
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/1998
Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Len Uhley
- 7.0/1031 votes
#11 - Battle Lines (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/1998
Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1031 votes
#12 - Battle Lines (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/2/1998
Tired of being called a wet blanket by his friends, Hercules requests the fire in Hephaestus's Olympian forge to make him more like his father. Although at first it seems to work, by making Hercules a much more laidback, fun guy, the side effects quickly put Hercules and his friends in danger. Iolaus and Jason must call on Hephaestus to help restore Hercules to his original self.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
- 6.7/1031 votes
#13 - Forgery
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/3/1998
Hercules takes Lilith on a field trip to divert her from the surprise party that the others are setting up but as usual trouble follows. A cave-in traps them and Ares attempts to manipulate Lilith into unknowingly poisoning Hercules.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
- 6.4/1034 votes
#14 - No Way Out
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/7/1998
After Ares attempts to kill Hercules yet again, he is put on trial by the Gods for violating Zeus's order of protection. Ares proceeds to claim he is innocent and asks Hercules to defend him, baffling Hercules, who reluctantly decides to defend Ares.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1038 votes
#15 - Ares on Trial
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/9/1998
Hercules, Jason and Iolaus rescue a drowning man after he literally falls from the sky. Funny thing is the man has no idea who he is or where he came from. Hercules soon discovers that the man is actually his half-brother Hephaestus the God of Steel and that he's being punished by his mother Hera by turning him into a mortal man.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Edens
- 6.8/1035 votes
#16 - Down and Out in Academy Hills
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/10/1998
Hercules alienates his friends when he abandons them during a competition called The Games to team up with his two new brothers, Pollux and Castor, who are the mortal sons of Zeus. Things get worse for Hercules when Pollux cheats and injures Jason in the process causing the two to fight out their differences.
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Michael Edens
- 6.8/1031 votes
#17 - Winner Take All
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/24/1998
Discord and Strife, disguised as a Babylonian traveler and a Sybill give Jason a gift that turns out to be a baby monster, that Iolaus soon comes to adore. Unknown to the trio though is that the monster is capable of burning down anything his venom touches.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
- 7.0/1034 votes
#18 - A Serpent's Tooth
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/29/1998
A young minstrel, Orpheus and his girlfriend, Eurydice lure Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith into what they claim is a place where the party never ends run by Bacchus, the God of Partying and Good Times.In reality, they soon learn, is that it is the realm of the Bacchae, the vampire-like followers of Bacchus, which they discover only after Lilith has been bitten and is slowly changing into one herself.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
- 6.9/1034 votes
#19 - The Lure of the Lyre
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/30/1998
Orpheus and Eurydice, both reformed from their days as followers of Bacchus perform at Kora's in front of a sold out crowd. But unbeknowst to Eurydice, Orpheus has struck a deadly deal with Bacchus freeing him and Eurydice if he helps recruit new Bacchae.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Forward
- 6.5/1035 votes
#20 - Fame
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/31/1998
Hercules and Iolaus meet up with Eurydice and Orpheus but when it's discovered that Orpheus still has the lyre, Eurydice promises Bacchus that she will become his bride if he agrees to leave the others alone.
Director: N/A
Writer: Len Uhley
- 6.8/1033 votes
#21 - Lyre, Liar
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/3/1998
Hercules and Jason travel to the underworld in an attempt to talk Hades out of sending Eurydice to Tartarus despite her service to Bacchus. Meanwhile, Jason is reunited with his father in the Elysian Fields.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1033 votes
#22 - A Lady in Hades
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/4/1998
The trio discover that Ruff, their monstrous former pet, is being held by a freak show owner. When the ringmaster refuses to sell him, Iolaus and Hercules sneak in and free Ruff, who then escapes and runs rampant threatening Corinth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1033 votes
#23 - The Mysteries of Life
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/5/1998
The trio discover that Ruff, their monstrous former pet, is being held by a freak show owner. When the ringmaster refuses to sell him, Iolaus and Hercules sneak in and free Ruff, who then escapes and runs rampant threatening Corinth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1032 votes
#24 - Dad Always Liked Me Best
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/6/1998
Hercules meets Nemesis, the assassin of the Gods, and talks her out of blindly killing a mortal just because Hera tells her to. The two then fall victim to Hera who sends a replacement killer after both of them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1033 votes
#25 - Herc's Nemesis
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 11/10/1998
Jason has cold feet about his ability to lead Corinth and runs away, finding himself among a group of villagers terrorized by a warlord where he must play the hero and stop the bad guy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Melching
The Best Episodes of Young Hercules Season 1
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Young Hercules was a spin-off from the 1990s syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998,...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Treasure of Zeus (1)" is the best rated episode of "Young Hercules" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Mark Edward Edens, it aired on 9/12/1998. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Between Friends: The Treasure of Zeus (2)".